5 surprising celebrity guests at Donald and Melania Trump’s wedding – Anna Wintour, Elton John and Gayle King attended, but were Bill and Hillary Clinton really paid to go?

Oct 20 , 2021

Celebrities like Elton John, Hillary Clinton, Anna Wintour and Gayle King attended Donald and Melania Trump’s 2005 wedding ... but are they on good terms with the couple now? Photos: EPA-EFE, TNS, Getty Images, AP

Vogue’s Anna Wintour, Billy Joel and Oprah’s pal Gayle King all attended the lavish Mar-a-Lago ceremony – but didn’t support the Trump presidency

The reality TV star almost gave Kim Jong-un a copy of Elton John’s single Rocket Man even though the singer refused to associate his music with Trump’s campaign

More than 15 years ago, Donald Trump got married for the third time. The reality TV star and former US president’s 2005 wedding to Melania Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, was a lavish affair that drew major celebrities including his former-friends-turned-foes like Hillary Clinton and Anna Wintour.

We take a closer look at the surprising guests who showed up to Donald and Melania’s star-studded affair …

Elton John

The British music legend, who has a lot of famous friends, performed at Trump’s wedding – but wasn’t keen to be associated with him once he got into politics.

“I don’t really want my music to be involved in anything to do with an American election campaign,” John told The Guardian. (Plenty of other artists objected to Trump using their music on the campaign trail too.) “I’m British. I’ve met Donald Trump, he was very nice to me, it’s nothing personal, his political views are his own, mine are very different, I’m not a Republican in a million years.” He suggested Trump ask a country star to use their music instead.

Elton John and Donald Trump appear to have been acquainted in the past. Photo: @realdonaldtrump/Instagram

Former American national security adviser John Bolton revealed in his book, The Room Where it Happened: A White House Memoir, that Trump tried to have a signed copy of John’s Rocket Man record delivered to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but the star was not pleased.

Billy Joel